Bonscale Pike
hill or mountain · Westmorland and Furness · 524m
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Old NorseAI-generated
Bonscale Pike likely derives from Old Norse elements meaning 'bone' and 'stream' or 'ravine', possibly referring to a feature of the landscape. The 'pike' element is a later addition, meaning 'peak'.
Word origins
- Bon
- Old Norsebone(from bán "bone")
- scale
- Old Norsestream, ravine(from skál "bowl, hollow, ravine")
- pike
- Old Englishpeak(from píc "peak, point")